Broad Street slated for widening in 27th paving project
City commission adopts Hartwell motion to outline streets for the 27th paving venture starting immediately. Work on the 26th venture continues, with Broad street widened by 10 feet and resurfaced along a long list of streets including Old Shell road, Duval, Rotterdam, Garnett, and Center streets among others.
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Harry T. Hartwell
City Commission
Schwarz
Hartwell
Old Shell Road
Broad
Hallett Street
Duval Street
Rotterdam
Ann Street
Rotterdam Street
Duval
Garnett Street
Springhill Avenue
Texas
Center Street
Lixe Oak Street
Pillans
McGill Avenue
Ee Street
Lexington Avenue
Rossi Robert
Davitt Street
Broad Street
McCall and Brassell Review Mobile Criminal Court Docket
Attorney General Charles McCall and assistant J W Brassell visited Mobile to inspect the criminal court docket and said they would depart that night. The docket-checking campaign has been active across Alabama since September 4 with 37 counties visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McCall
J. W. Brassell
Mobile
McCall
Mr. McCall
King George to Return to Sandringham for Shooting
London Sept 17 reports King George making strong progress toward recovery. Preparations are under way at Sandringham for a day of shooting if weather stays fair. The king, famed as a top English shot, has long been kept from the field by doctors this summer.
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London
George
Sandringham
England
Louisville and Nashville railroad shop opening postponed
The opening of the new shops just north of the state docks has been postponed from September 18 to October 1. The announcement comes from W. M. Boykin, assistant superintendent of the Mobile New Orleans division.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
State Docks
W. M. Boykin
Mobile
Plans Presented to Harmonize League with Kellogg Pact
In Geneva on September 17 the British and Peruvian delegations presented proposals to the assembly's committee on constitutional questions to bring the League of Nations into harmony with the Kellogg renunciation of war pact.
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League
Kellogg
Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Assembly
Weather Wrap of Alabama Mississippi and Northwest Florida
The report notes mostly cloudy weather in Alabama with showers in the south and cooler air in the north tonight. Mississippi shows fair conditions with cooler air in the north and showers in the south early midweek. Extreme northwest Florida experiences clouds with occasional rain Tuesday night and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
North End
Florida
Vacation Period Ends For 19 000 School Children
School officials estimate at least 19 000 students finished vacation and will return to classes. Grand Bay building, intended as a separate facility, will be used as a combined high and grammar school and is slated for occupancy next month.
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Grand Bay
Power firm methods questioned in Mobile city pledge
Commissioner Hartwell denounces Alabama Power Company for refusing to share information with City Attorney Vincent Kilborn and rate expert Dr. John Bauer as Mobile considers a municipal lighting plant. He cites secrecy and past press interference to justify a referendum drive.
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Alabama Power Company
Vincent Kilborn
John Bauer
Montgomery
I. F. McDonnell
Hartwell
Mobile
Federal Trade Commission
McGee fined for speeding. thefts probed in Tuesday police report
H M McGee of 16 Lee street was fined 25 dollars and costs after a Tuesday speeding charge. Detectives investigated several theft reports, a porch intrusion incident at 109 South Warren, and two sailors on the S S San Gretas reported $16.34 in four checks stolen from their lockers. B C Robison of 514 Baxter avenue, charged with issuing worthless checks, was turned over to Birmingham authorities.
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H. M. McGee
Lee Street
Ray
J. R. Jansen
South Warren Street
Tony Rodrigues
Edgar Hughes
S. S. San
B. C. Robison
Bexter Avenue
Green, Holmes and Bauer
Birmingham
Kiwanis Program Scheduled With Notable Speakers
Mobile Kiwanis Club members will depart at 6 30 for Auburn where Dr aene will speak. Meeting begins 7 20 with speakers including W C Vail county farm agent W B Taylor Mobile National Bank president John Aldridge Van Antwerp Aldridge Drug S Sabath Pure Milk manager.
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Mobile Kiwanis Club
Dr. Aene
Auburn
W. C. Vail
W. B. Taylor
Mobile National Bank
John Aldridge
van Antwerp-Aldridge Drug Company
S. Sabath
Pure Milk Company
Turns Turtle Near Ocean Springs Injured Driver
William E. Martin of South Franklin street was confined to Providence Infirmary after his car overturned near Ocean Springs Mississippi. He suffered facial and body injuries and an X-ray was planned. he was transported by ambulance to Mobile hospital. No cause was given by the injured at dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Martin
Franklin Street
Providence Infirmary
Ocean Springs
Miss
Gity Airport Naming Debate and Parkway Decision
The city commission considered renaming Gity Airport to include Mobile and asked for a week to study the proposal. A citizen proposed Bates Mobile Field as the official name. The panel also passed resolutions praising Baldwin County and R A Christian of Mobile for State Docks Commission selection and voted to remove a center parkway on South Street ahead of paving.
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Mobile
Hartwell
Bates-Mobile Field
Schwarz
Baldwin County
Agricultural Experiment Station
R. A. Christian
State Docks Commission
South Street
Birmingham Dixie series shift to Texas city for fifth game
W. D. Smith announces that if a fifth game is needed in the Dixie series between Birmingham and the Texas league winner, it will be played in the Texas city on Monday September 30 instead of October 1. A sixth game would move to Birmingham on October 2. The opening game is September 25.
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Smith
Birmingham
Ala
W. D. Smith
Birmingham Baseball Club
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Texas City
Trains Collide Near Constantinople Injuries and Loss
The Simplon express traveling between Paris and Constantinople collided with a Turkish freight train near Constantinople. Seven freight cars were smashed and both engineers injured. The Simpson express escaped damage. Freight train damage was estimated at $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Paris
County Board Discusses Two Annex Plans for Courthouse Office Space
The county board of revenue reviewed two expansion schemes by architect A H Downey led by Arthur D Davis. One option remodels the Craft property into a two story wing linking to St Emanuel street. the other proposes a three story annex. Additional blueprints and cost estimates will be prepared for early next week.
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Board of Revenue
St. Emanuel Street
A. H. Downey
Arthur D. Davis
Mr. Downey
Prine
Te Nanan
J. C. Prine
Hoe
Eestine
Lenee
Davis
Alfred E. Smith rally cited by senator in 1932 prediction
A Saturday night meeting described as a Smith rally stirred Democrats to back Alfred E. Smith as a 1932 presidential candidate. James M. Curley of Boston lauded Smith while Jouett Shouse, Ras Kob-Tammany ally, attended as head of the Democratic National Committee.
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St of Wha
Ee—P
Alfred E. Smith
New York
James M. Curley
Boston
Jouett Shouse
Raskob-Tammany
Washington
Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Florence Police Chief Slain in Front of Store
Florence Kansas police chief A J Eichenberger was shot and killed early today during a confrontation with burglars in front of the Stone department store. Authorities believe there were three assailants who escaped. the store door had been forced but the building was not entered.
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Florence
Kan
A. J. Eichenberger
Search Continues for Bodies After Freighter Launch Accident
Searchers in Kearny New Jersey continue today for three men missing after suction from a freighter launch pulled a steam launch underwater. Five aboard were rescued with no trace of the others.
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Kearny
N. J
Citrus and Vegetable Diet Proposed as Cancer Cure
Dr Brown promotes a cancer cure through a strict diet of citrus fruits and vegetables after a one week to 16 day fast. The plan requires eliminating salt and sugar to alkalinize the system and restore health, though details remain incomplete.
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Chicago
Brown
Witnesses Substantiate Alibi Claims of 14 Men Held In Carolina Probe
In Charlotte defense witnesses testified that 14 men accused of taking part in a mob raid in three counties on September 9 had alibis. Holloway denied mob involvement citing union conflicts and personal beliefs. Other witnesses linked defendants to the Loray mill vicinity and urged nonviolence while recounting mob activity and police involvement.
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Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Thomas J. Shaw
Carl Holloway
Holloway
National Textile Workers Union
Loray
Gastonia
Way
Stewart
AZT Slayer to Take Stand in Court Fight
Earle F. Peacox, 22, who killed his wife Dor othy on their first anniversary, will testify he did not mean to kill her and loved her. He claims loss of temper and self defense, after which he hid the crime and burned the body. jurors were being seated in White Plains court.
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Scarsdale
Peacox
Arthur
Tompkins
Tatesmen
Phea Peacox
Sidney A. Syme
Dorothy
Bishop Cannon Condemned by North Carolina Conference
In Reidsville North Carolina on September 17 the Yanceyville circuit condemns Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South for stock speculation. Locust Hill church hosts the quarterly conference which passes a resolution denouncing his actions as lowering church dignity and bringing reproach on Christ.
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Reidsville
N. C
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Yanceyville
Locust Hill Church
James Cannon
Methodist Church
South
Trial Nears End in Bank Robbery Case at New Braunfels
In New Braunfels Texas the state rests its case against Rebecca Bradley Rogers former University of its student accused of robbing Farmers National Bank of Buda Texas in 1924 or 1926 with $1,000. State and defense alienists clash over her sanity as Dr Joe Wooten Austin and a state witness battles cross examination and legal technicalities.
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New Braunfels
Tex
FPI
State Today
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
University of Its
Farmers National Bank of
Buda
Joe Wooten
Austin
Wooten
Funeral for Mrs Wiggins Delayed Amid Milling Absences
Unclear reports on the funeral of Mrs Elia May Wiggins in the city as a one-day textile workers strike and mob violence overshadow the event. Mills showed no unusual absences at 10 o clock, while organizers from two groups prepared to proceed.
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Iate
Tional
Communist Party
Elia May Wiggins
One Day Textile Strike Calls After Murder of Union Member
In Charlotte on Sept 17 a one day textile mill strike was urged by communist and national textile workers union leaders to protest the murder of union member Elle May Wiggins. The action coincides with her funeral observed today.
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McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Hoover
Charlotte
N. C
Elle May Wiggins
Martyrdom at mob slaying marked final rites in Bessemer City
Mrs Ellie May Wiggins, branded Gastonia mob victim, was buried as 300 mill workers and a few curious onlookers observed a mass protest funeral. An 18 year old mill girl led a song of union hope while her five orphans watched. The mass funeral was promoted by labor groups and occurred after vigilante violence halted a communist meeting in Gastonia.
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Bessemer City
N. C
Ellie May Wiggins
Gastonia
Floyd Collins
Kate Barnett
al South
Guna
International Labor Defense
South
National Textile Workers’ Union
Bomb TOSsed at New Orleans Streetcar in Early Morning Attack
A street aid hurled a bomb at a streetcar near 417 St. Louis Street in New Orleans. The explosion ripped an iron gate from its hinges and damaged brick foundations and windows as the car passed Burns residence of Mrs. Hazel Bowers.
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New Orleans
Hazel Bowers
St. Louis Street
Reds make air raid on Harbin in Manchuria
Soviet planes failed to bomb the Motan river bridge near Mulin according to a Chinese military communique. The report claims Mongol troops are being raised into the Red Army with two brigades massed on the Siberian Manchurian frontier at Barga threatening the Chinese Eastern Railway.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Motan River
Mulin
Red Army
Barga
Campolo Ready for Monday Bout with Scott at Ebbets Field
Argentine heavyweight Victo rio Campolo has been declared fit by the New York state boxing commission to fight Phil Scott of England Monday night at Ebbets Field after two postponements.
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Giant
Scott
New York
Victorio Campolo
Phil Scott
England
New York State Commission
Ebbets Field
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